Artificial flower.



W. A. WARNER.

ARTIFICIAL FLOWER. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 28, 1907.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

- To all whom it may concern \WILLIAM A. WARNER, or BRIDGEPOR'T, couuncrrou'r.

Application filed February 28, 1907.. Serial No. 359,877. I

s it known that I, WILLIAM A. w itten, a c1t1zen of the United States, and resident of Bridgeport, in the county. of Fairfield and State" of Connecticut, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Artificial Flowers, of which t e foll'owing' is a specificatlon.

1 My invention relates tofartificial buds'and flowers and especially to the formation of such-flowers from metal for ornamental and decorative purposes:

f It is the purpose of my invention to provlde means whereby original and ornamental designs of buds and flowers maybe roduced from metal and secured to stems w ichmay be pointed to form pins or may otherwise be utilized; to provide for the production of such flowers 1n an inexpensive, durable and practical manner, and so as to insure an exact reproduction of the natural specimen; to produce such flowers of combined metals 'as for nstance, copper with a gold or silver plating and attach them to stems for use as hat or scarf pin heads to form individual heads of clusters; and further to so construct said metal flowers as to permit of their convenient assemblage to form wreath'es' or bunches for other ornamental pur oses.

With the above objects in view have devised a novel construction and method of producing the-same, illustrated upon the accompanylng sheet of drawing forming a part of this specification, upon'which similarcharactors of reference denote like. orcorrespondmg partsthroughout the several figures and:

ofwhich,

Figure 1, shows a side elevation of a metal ower constructed in accordance with my invention and illustrating its use as a, hat pin head. Fig. 2, a central vertical longitudinal sectlon through the same Fig. 3, isia dis-" connected sectional elevation of the several partsfforming the base of my metal fiowen Fig. 4, 1s. a detailed side elevation of a form, as for'1nstance a natural flower, around which my artificial flower mm formed the same being suspended by a i F g- 5,. a sectional elevation of said flower form W a metal casing inclosing the same. I

The flowers asbefore stated are formed of, metal, and are preferably hollow to in hghtness, and'the'basin shell or form is ob-' tamed by electro deposition which, in p tice lls ormed upon a natural veg ta Specification of Letters Patent. I

growth as for instance, a flower of the pa 1.

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ticular character that the completed rticle of manufacture is designed to imitate. In

this way I am enabled to obtain in metal exact reproductions of flowers from nature, each individual article being an original design so to speak, anddissim'ilar in detail at least from others of the same class. I I

The method therefore which I elect to pursue in the production of my novel flower is to first insert into the stem or calyx por tion. of a flower 10, a sus ending wire 11, then coat the flower with s ellac or varnish and make the same conductive with a light covering of plumbago, silver or other -me' tallic substances. The article is then sus-. pended in a plating tank where a cleposlt of metal,- as for instance copper, is formed upon'the flower; to produce the basic shell designated as 12. This obviously forms a vuniform shell around the entire flower and in strict conformity to the surface thereof, including the formation of an extended calyx portion 13-? of flared cu formation. The wire is next removed. and t e end of the calyx portion 13 is opened sufliclently .to permit of the destruction and remoyal of the enclosed vegetable matter which 1s takenout by means of a-su'itable'mstrument.

connected to the said calyx portion of shell and in order to strengthen said connection I by means of sol ering. The said end 16 of the pin 'is inserted through the opening of the calyx and shoved up into the head so as to bring the cup 15 upon and surrounding the calyx portion of the shell 'where it is soldered or otherwise secured. The cap j may be soldered'to the calyx produced with the shell, or its e ge can be soldered direct to the shell to form a calyx.

- Isa 14, represents the stem or pinwhich 1s provide a suitable metal cap.15 which may be attached to the m at a suitable dlS- tance from the u perend 16 as for instance ortion as 4 The entire article as constructed is next sub;

mitted to a further elect'ro plating process which in this instance would be with av de osit of precious metal 17 as for instance go d orsilver in a way to thoroughly cover the entire shell, cup and stem uniform attractive finish threughout.

to produce a By forming and assembling the several parts in the manner outlined a very attractive and durable article is produced, and in a COIIIPRI'MZIVGIY mex enslve manner consistentwiththe possibi ties of the varying designs which may be obtained and as before stated none of which are duplicates of the other.

' In the formation of a very small flower for instance those used for scarf or stlck pm trieallydeposited metal shell in the form of aflower andhaving a reduced calyx portion, a ca .to engage the said calyx portion of the s ell, a stem attached to the cap, and a metal plating covering the shell cap and pin.

2'. An artificial flower comprising a metal shell representing" a flower and raving a reduced calyx portion with a hole therethrou-gh, a stem inserted through said holeto engage the shell, and a metal cap ,covering' the connection of stem and reduced calyx portion to stren then the parts.

3. An artificial flower comprising a metal shell having a wire attached to its base by' a flared cup, and a metal plating for said shell and cup.

Signed at Bridgeport in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut this 27th day of February A. D., 1907.

WILLIAM A. WARNER.

Witnesses:

O. M. NEWMAN, ELBERT O. HULL. 

